Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?

Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by surbekznrlsnt on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @03:42PM (#21327751)

I'm living in Ireland and this is what I've wanted to do for years. There are loads of older small to medium businesses with SO many things that can be automated but I don't know how to get into it. I don't even know how to research it. What's the process for getting a client? Cold calling? Partnership with another provider?

What is the job title I should search for more information? Automator?

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by Rooster61 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @05:09PM (#21328527)

Automation Engineer. It's a broad term, but does carry the idea that you know how to program, and do so in a way that automates normally manual processes. Also doesn't hurt to list yourself on a resume as an Automation/Software Engineer. That gets the idea across that you also understand how software is written, not just how code is cranked out.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by g0bananas on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @03:48PM (#21327809)

You should look at business operations analyst, UI Path training is on linkedin learning/lynda.com too. I think information management systems too?

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by ploika on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:54PM (#21328407)

A handful of places around Dublin have active Robotic Process Automation (RPA) teams, which seems to be what's being discussed here.

The Big Four consultancies and Accenture spring to mind. I think the likes of Fidelity and Citi have few roles too.

Note however that you'd be using off the shelf tools to do the automating - you wouldn't be developing the automation tools yourself.

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